Argghhh!

What do these two things have in common? Hmmm, lessee. They're both artillery, of a sort. They're both made of metal. They're both in the Holdings of Castle Argghhh! And they were both made by the same company in the same factory. The Bing Werke, in Nuremburg, Germany. Founded by brother Ignaz and Adolf Bing in 1863, working out of their home, Bing was, by the time WWI started, the biggest toy company in the world. They are best known for their toy trains and live steam-powered toys,...

Outstanding - Soldier!

H/t, Jim C. Heh. Having been an Adjutant (S1), S3, and S4... I validate this post. Does the Commentariat Assembled have anything to add? S1 (admin) - Yearbook Committee: This is group of people that think their job is much more important than it actually is. They are usually mostly female and their main job is to make sure that they know who everyone is, but they usually forget some people here or there. (see photo not available) S2 (intel) - Goths: Almost never seen out in the sunlight and when...

Finally, just what are the bubbas at Homeland Defense up to these days? Well, they bought a boatload of ammunition (driving up prices for all of us, dangit. It's hard to compete with the government when they can just print the money they need). Well, it turns out once you buy all that ammo, you need something to shoot it out of. 7000 somethings. So, they've asked vendors to submit bids for "Personal Defense Weapons," PDW for short. PDWs are simply the latest way of saying "carbine"...

Without heavy artillery support, the fight for these centurions was surely lost. Where's Murray when you need him! Boq

Getting some downtime... then and now. The biggest difference... in the old days, before the New Deal, the world was Black and White. It's in color now, thanks to Democrats. Just ask them. Soldiers playing cards during World War One. March 11, 1918. Photo courtesy the Truman Library.090807-A-2575T-012: LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Spc. Cailin Strubhar and U.S. Army Sgt. David Lloyd, both assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division...

It the time it took for Ranger the German Shepherd to fetch the Green Monster and back, long deployed master comes back. Welcome home, and good boy! Boq

What a Creep...